Relationship between gestational age, birth weight and deciduous tooth eruption

• Main Authors: Afrin Mohamed Khalifa (Author), Reyad Atef El Gendy (Author), Mohamed Mahmoud Abd El-Mohsen (Author), Ahmad Alsayed Hammour (Author), Rasha Sabry Abd El Lateef Aly (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: SpringerOpen, 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Teething is a normal part of child growth and development. Growth parameters and feeding pattern may be determinants of the timing of teeth eruption in healthy infant. Primary tooth eruption may be affected by gestational age, postnatal nutrition, degree of prematurity as well as severit...